The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-29
WHERE GRANT DIED.
Ths Cottnge on Mount McGregor whers
He Breathed His LAST.

Ths Cottage on Mount McGregor Uhers
He Breathed His LAST.
There is no diminution of interest in
Mt. McGregor. Trains go up the
mountain mornings and afternoons.
Visitors have two hours ut the Balmoral
Hotel if they wish to return to their
dinner in Saratoga, or to supper in the
evening. Those who wish to spend the
entire day find enough to interest them,
and can leave on the six O'Clock train.
reaching Saratoga in forty minutes. OF
course the Drexel cottage, where Cen
eral Grant died, is the first place visited
by tourists. A guide has charge of the
house. and shows visitors through the
rooms on the first floor. The bed on
which General Grant died stands in q
corner OF the long parlor. 1t is a bed
stead made for the sick, and has no
superfluity of woodwork, but is per-
fectly plain. A fancy counterpane
covers the mattress. In smaller room
extending from the parlor are the faded
wreathS and floral designs sent after
the General died, and left when the re-
mains were taken to New York. The
Gates Affair."" made of immo-telles. and
sent by Governor and Mrs. Leland STAN
ford. of California, is perhaps the largest
design ever made of immortelles. The
gates are the size of those used
in gardens, and there are palings
and a groundwork for all to rest
upon. This and a huge pillow, the
size of a flower bed, also made
of immOrtelles, are in perfect state of
preservation. The cushion was sent
by Grand Army post. There are other
floral designs on the table. The quill
pen used by General Grant when
finishing the last pages of the second
volume of his book is stuck on the
mantle-piece in the parlor. In the
library are two very large chairs
covered with morocco and draped with
black; these chairs are placed so as to
face each other, and served as Il bed
for the General at his house in New
York. He lay on them on his journey
to Mt. McGregor. and used them until
he was confined to his bed. Con-
venient to these chairs stand a table
with his writing implements and
white china cup and spittoon which he
used, also an ordinary japanese fan
which he used when he suffered from
heat. The fan possesses interest be-
cause it was made for him. and has the
japanese and American flags and the
Generals name. The Mikado had this
made and presented to General Grant
when he visited Japan. The fan is of
the common style which sells for ten
cents. In cabinet with glass doors
is part of General Grants wardrobe.
About six nicely Numbered shirts, with
collars ard cuffs. are in pile; his hat
with pair of gloves, and a summer
suit OF clothes, are all looked at with
commendable interest and reverence.
All visitors are invited to an adjoining
room. where photographs of the Grant
family as group, single pictures of
the interior and exterior of the cottage,
small albums of compressed flowers
collected on the mountains, with the
common and botanical names, are all
sold, and the money thus obtained is
used to defray the expenses of taking
care of the cottage. There are eX-
tended landscape views both on the
trip to Mt. McGregor and after arriv-
ing there. Valleys spread out on both
sides, bounded by ranges of mountains.